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" A lot of my heartbreak songs are inspired by things my sisters are going through, or friends. "
Dolly Parton
Inspired
Going
Friends
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" My mother was always fascinated with the fact that I could rhyme so much stuff. "
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" I'll be like Bob Hope, touring when I'm 100. "
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" I know who I am, I know what I can and can't do. I know what I will and won't do. I know what I'm capable of and I don't agree to do things that I don't think I can pull off. "
Dolly Parton
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" I have suffered most of the things I write about - or my friends have. "
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" I am confident that partnering my Dollywood Company with a great company like Gaylord will create something truly special. "
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Confident
Great
" You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap! "
Dolly Parton
You
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" Years ago, when I first started being a big star, I had fans that were fanatical. It was when 'Jolene' was a big hit. "
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" The only way I'd be caught without makeup is if my radio fell in the bathtub while I was taking a bath and electrocuted me and I was in between makeup at home. I hope my husband would slap a little lipstick on me before he took me to the morgue. "
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Home
Hope
" My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order. "
Dolly Parton
Men
Food
Always
" My songs are the door to every dream I've ever had and every success I've ever achieved. "
Dolly Parton
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Success
Door
" I had to get rich so I could sing like I was poor again. "
Dolly Parton
Rich
Sing
Poor
" I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids. "
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See
" There's a scripture that says, 'A merry heart doeth good like medicine.' I think that's true, too. "
Dolly Parton
Like
Good
True
" I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer. "
Dolly Parton
Out
Records
Sell
" I don't have time to stand around and listen to an 11-minute song. "
Dolly Parton
Stand
Time
Listen
" I've never had that much trouble with the paparazzi, but I don't run the same circles that a lot of these people that do get hounded by the paparazzi. "
Dolly Parton
People
Run
Same
" I always loved that old song 'Banks of the Ohio' - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it. "
Dolly Parton
Song
Always
Man
" I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else. "
Dolly Parton
Myself
People
Accept
" As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I'd written? Yes. There's many of them! "
Dolly Parton
Wish
Respect
People
" I've been around longer than most of my fans have been alive. "
Dolly Parton
Fans
Around
Alive
" Children have always responded to me because I have that cartoon-character look. "
Dolly Parton
Children
Always
Because
" People get a kick out of my stupidity. "
Dolly Parton
Get
Kick
Out
" I'm very short, so I just have to watch my weight because I have a big appetite. "
Dolly Parton
Watch
Because
Weight
" I'm a workin' girl. "
Dolly Parton
Girl
" You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try. "
Dolly Parton
You
Lot
Never
" You don't need to buy expensive cosmetics; almost anything will do if you know how to apply it. "
Dolly Parton
Need
Know
Anything
" I'd love to do a duet, always wanted to work with Madonna, but she never asked. "
Dolly Parton
Love
Work
Never
" I think that I'm perfect. "
Dolly Parton
Perfect
Think
I Think
" I wear wigs all the time on shows, and every day when I'm in public, at Dollywood. People say, 'How many wigs do you have?' And I say, 'Well, at least 365 because I wear at least one a day.' "
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You
Time
People
" I'm always amazed by the people who work on stage who sing night after night, day after day, week in week out. "
Dolly Parton
Always
Day
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